A lot of people were disappointed with Prometheus, both high-profile and low. I thought it was laughably stupid at points, but still enjoyed it overall — Bret Easton Ellis agrees with me (follow him on Twitter, dude has LOTS of opinions). Tyler Perry, on the other hand, in a recent interview with Blackfilm…
What kind of movies did you used to watch growing up and how did they influence you?
TP: The first movie I ever saw was The Wiz and I danced all the way home. I was 5 or 6 years old and I danced all the way home from The Gallo Theatre down in New Orleans to my house. But when it comes to movies, I never really saw them in the theater. We didn’t have that kind of money so we would always have to wait for them to come on television. I love Sci Fi, I love the Alien movies and the Alien franchise. I was very disappointed with Prometheus, but I love that whole franchise. Those are my favorite movies. I’m actually working on a sci-fi movie right now.
Can you tell us a little bit about that?
TP: No but I’m writing a sci-fi movie that I’m really excited about. But I don’t have any one movie that made me say ‘Ooh this is it’ but The Wiz was my first film experience.
Easy joke of all easy jokes: Tyler Perry probably had trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that it wasn’t a film about a man named “Darrell Prometheus,” who struggles to raise his metheing above an amateur level through prayer. Or maybe he’d steal fire from the Gods, but only because he and the other Titans were barely struggling to make ends meet, and the Gods would eventually hire Prometheus as their housekeeper, and everyone learn a valuable lesson of some kind.
Anyway, the rest of the interview isn’t especially noteworthy, but Tyler Perry does mention formerly dating Tyra Banks. I either never knew that or forgot, but my God, can you imagine a more blowhardy power couple? That’d be like Aaron Sorkin banging Gloria Allred, a couple whose combined hot air could create a hurricane that could knock out power in Bermuda. If I got cornered by Tyra Banks and Tyler Perry at a cocktail party I’d probably jump out the window.
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He’s just disappointed because the Engineers are the polar opposite of Madea.
By “working on a sci-fi movie right now,” I can only assume that some time in 2013 we’ll be subjected to either “Tyler Perry’s Madea in Space” or “Black Girls Finding the Rainbow and Doing Good All By Themselves While Working for NASA.”
My thoughts precisely. I’m only willing to get excited if it involves firing Madea into the sun.
I’m down with the Madea space movie, as long as it involves either Pete’s idea, or maybe Madea getting sucked into space through a tiny little hole like that one girl from “Jason X.”
“Madea and the Black Hole, Son! A Tyler Perry Joint”
Make that and I’ll wear out Fandango buying tickets.
He was disappointed by the fact that Idris Elba kept the part in Prometheus and Tyler Perry got stuck with Alex Cross.
“Oh Heeellll Naw, I know this nasty space man ain’t tryin to put a bun in this black oven. You space crackas ain’t heard of menopause on Mars?”
-Dialogue from “Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets Abducted”
“Whatchu mean y’alls Martians aint got no tampons! It aint called the RED planet for nuthin gerlfreeeend” ::snaps fingers::
“Come see some contrived bullshit reason for Tyler Perry to be in space in Madea’s Ex Machina!“
THIS!
*is why I will never win COTW
Tyler Perry is the “urban” equivilant of Asylum (Blackbusters instead of Mockbusters?)
Vince, just make sure you do the Wilhelm scream when you jump out the window
“Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Planet Facerape”
Perry wanted to have Madea discover a white dwarf star, but Peter Dinklage told him to go fuck himself.
You should’ve seen how pissed he was that he couldn’t get Chief from to play a Red Giant.
Chief from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Not sure where that went.
He’s just mad that this takes some buzz away from “Pro Madea Theus” about a fat black woman pretending to be an angry linebacker named Theus.
Madea and her flaming homosexual hairdresser Theus Bouffant (played by Tommy Davidson) travel to Mars to mine the secret ingredient in his world famous pomade. “Fro Me, Theus!” opens Summer 2013.
I heard Tyler Perry was disappointed over the Engineer’s reaction to David telling him about a possible “Madea in Space” movie. I didn’t even know Tyler Perry could understand PIE Linguistics, then again, maybe that’s why I don’t understand his Madea movies. And here, I thought it was because I’m white.
according to my sources, the engineers spoke an ancient form jive eubonis.
“Tyler Perry’s Yometheus” tells the tale of a benched Tennessee Titan who enters a Korean liquor store, steals a Bic lighter, and gives it to his estranged children in hopes of once again hooking up with his baby mama. It isn’t a direct prequel or sequel to Madea, but fans can connect the dots!
Madea’s 2001: A Space… Honestly?
Tyler Perry was nine when The Wiz came out. What a liar. I hate that guy and all his millions.
Somehow knowing that Tyler Perry really liked The Wiz makes it suck that much more.
Perry to screenwriter: Is it possible we can make Idris Elba Yaphet Kotto’s cross-dressing great grandfather?